Nitrux
1.0.15 is now available. The new version provides software updates,
bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as patches for security
vulnerabilities. This version includes kernel version 4.18.5; Plasma 5
(5.13.4); KDE Apps (18.08); KF5 (5.50.0) and Qt 5 (5.11.1); Mesa (18.1.5)
drivers for Vulkan, VDPAU and support for VP-API; and much more. You can
download it from here, and see also the September
2018 issue of Linux Journal (which will be out today) for a FOSS Project Spotlight on this
distribution.

The Speck encryption code will be dropped from the Linux 4.19 kernel.
Phoronix
reports that Google (who initially introduced Speck to the kernel for
filesystem encryption for low-end Android devices) is instead working on a
new HPolyC algorithm for those devices, "due to concerns over Speck
potentially being back-doored by the US National Security Agency".

Wireshark discovered a number of security vulnerabilities that could be used
to cause a system crash and denial-of-service (DOS) state. See ZDNet
for details on the security flaws, and if you use Wireshark, update
your software builds to versions 2.6.3, 2.4.9, 2.2.17 or later.

All the videos from GNOME's GUADEC Conference 2018—which brought together
free software enthusiasts from around the world and was held in
Almería Spain this past July—are now available at http://videos.guadec.org/2018.